---
type: "Bill"
title: "Congratulating Jack D. Hightower on his induction into the Petroleum Hall of Fame."
description: "Congratulating Jack D. Hightower on his induction into the Petroleum Hall of Fame."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HCR 43"
citation: "Texas HCR 43 (89R)"
classification: ["concurrent resolution"]
subjects: ["HIGHTOWER", "JACK D. (N29XI)", "Resolutions--Congratulatory & Honorary (I0705)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craddick", "Sparks"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/067e8a8d-61a8-43a6-ba2f-867f733a9e81"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_concurrent_resolutions/HCR00001_HCR00099/HCR 43.xml"
source_hash: "11e346a1b9eca9e9ba64a6a0a35c05c1de7b9a202ba77e38f1a71524d07c50de"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas HCR 43 (89R) — Congratulating Jack D. Hightower on his induction into the Petroleum Hall of Fame.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HC00043I.HTM)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HC00043F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Craddick — primary (person)
- Sparks — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-13** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-25** Referred to Local & Consent Calendars `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2025-03-06** Placed on Congrat. & Memorial Res. Calendar
- **2025-03-06** Laid before the House `receipt`
- **2025-03-06** Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-03-19** Read & adopted `introduction, passage`
- **2025-03-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-03-20** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-25** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-03-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-09** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/067e8a8d-61a8-43a6-ba2f-867f733a9e81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).